April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 20:28:17 +0000

If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software.

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Patch Tuesday, March 2024 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:36:33 +0000

Apple and Microsoft recently released software updates to fix dozens of security holes in their operating systems. Microsoft today patched at least 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows OS. Meanwhile, Apple’s new macOS Sonoma addresses at least 68 security weaknesses, and its latest updates for iOS fixes two zero-day flaws.

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Fat Patch Tuesday, February 2024 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 22:28:48 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today pushed software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, including two zero-day vulnerabilities that are already being exploited in active attacks.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2023 22:21:00 +0000

The final Patch Tuesday of 2023 is upon us, with Microsoft Corp. today releasing fixes for a relatively small number of security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software. Even more unusual, there are no known “zero-day” threats targeting any of the vulnerabilities in December’s patch batch. Still, four of the updates pushed out today address “critical” vulnerabilities that Microsoft says can be exploited by malware or malcontents to seize complete control over a vulnerable Windows device with little or no help from users.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2023 02:22:57 +0000

Microsoft Corp. today issued software updates to plug more than 70 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related products, including a patch that addresses multiple zero-day vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, January 2023 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:28:55 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix nearly 100 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and other software. Highlights from the first Patch Tuesday of 2023 include a zero-day vulnerability in Windows, printer software flaws reported by the U.S. National Security Agency, and a critical Microsoft SharePoint Server bug that allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to make an anonymous connection.

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Patch Tuesday, November 2022 Election Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 01:50:14 +0000

Let’s face it: Having “2022 election” in the headline above is probably the only reason anyone might read this story today. Still, while most of us here in the United States are anxiously awaiting the results of how well we’ve patched our Democracy, it seems fitting that Microsoft Corp. today released gobs of security patches for its ubiquitous Windows operating systems. November’s patch batch includes fixes for a whopping six zero-day security vulnerabilities that miscreants and malware are already exploiting in the wild.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, October 2022 Edition

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:06:23 +0000

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 85 security holes in its Windows operating systems and related software, including a new zero-day vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows that is being actively exploited. However, noticeably absent from this month’s Patch Tuesday are any updates to address a pair of zero-day flaws being exploited this past month in Microsoft Exchange Server.

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